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Tamiya Yamaha YZF-R1M
Hi All, this is the Tamiya 1/12 Yamaha YZF-R1M. This is a great kit. I added the detail up set which contains turned metal front forks, rear suspension spring and other details for the forks. I also used the Studio 27 carbon fibre decals. [...]
My P51 fetish continues
P51B-10 flown by Major George E Preddy, 487th FG, UK June 6th 1944. C hood. Tamiya kit. My 4 day lock down challenge in between various music family and friends activities. Started good friday and finished Monday at 2pm. Decals still [...]
WIP 1/48 Tamiya P-38G
Spent the last few days getting the gloss coat on decals and finish. I used the xtradecals on this build . The kit mirroer decals suck ! For the flat finish i ued the MRP matt finish. Next to start get the rest of the parts ready for paint [...]
THE RED COBRA.
I had no problem building these three 1/48 scale P-39 models as they were all "O.O.B." Like the yellow racer, I had no instrument panel dials nor any of the Waldron p.e. stuff.
I used Tamiya paints and the kit decals. The end [...]
Tamiya 1/48 P-47D
Here's my Tamiya P-47D. Vallejo Metal Color (Aluminum) was used. After the decals were added, I sealed everything with a semi-gloss coat. Graphite pencil was used in the panel lines, then scrubbed with a stiff brush in order to work in [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Scale WW2 Aircraft Carrier Tug
Hello all, I updated this post with pics of the painted tug operator added.
Well while I wait for another F-104 kit to arrive I decided to cut the boredom by building the little tug that came with my 1/48 scale Corsair kit. Took me a whole [...]
1/48 Tamiya Brewster Buffalo – U.S. Navy VS-102
This build was a nice easy build of the Brewster Buffalo dressed in U.S. Navy colors of VS-102. Some photo etch details were added. I also used the Quickboost resin engine and super detailed it. The engine fit pretty well with only some [...]
Airfix Mk1 Tank “Mother ” Dio 1/72
Hi to all of you iModellers, it's been a while since I posted anything but as I'm stuck indoors along with the rest of the world I decided it was a good time to catch up.
This is my interpretation of the original picture showing the [...]
Tamiay 1/12 Suzuki RGV-500 - Kenny Roberts Jr. – 2001 Moto GP
I just finished this wonderful kit. The fit is near perfect. If you've never built a Tamiya 1/12 motorcycle, I highly recommend it - these are great kits.
All my models can be viewed here: (link)
Paints used:
Zero 2K primer
Zero Suzuki [...]
Lotus Super 7 Series 2 (Tamiya #2446)
Nothing new on my bench so I decided to take photos of a favorite from my collection. As far as I know this kit is out of production. My kit has 1984 dates on the instruction sheet.
The original Lotus 7 was introduced in 1957. At the time [...]
